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OBLW~19307, 23 January 1962

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(Suorw appresiated the KGB docusent forwarded with
Reference and have submitted the following comments and
questions: ee Te

1. "We have a number of questions about this document
on which we should be grateful for your comments, and aa
background to some of these we think it will be useful for
you tohave. an account of QYNNE-ELLIS dealings with AELADLE:

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--' g. “phey date from June 196) when he was cone
sidering a visit to the U.S.5.R. He mentioned this to the
Soviet Ambageador, whom he.met.at. the Queen's drthday

.-° Gelebration in Helsinki, (he did not realise at first that
- 9 was the Ambassador co whom he wae talking), The Ambassador
2°" guggested that ha should get in touch with Ivan Efimovich
SERGEEV, an identified R.1.S. officer, ob

b&b. “Between Sth and 15th July 196 (rye ELIS co
went to the Consular Section of the Soviet Embassy to see
-gbout the visa. Apparently he. did not see SERCFEV but met
AELADLE who showed a good deal of curiosity about him and
asked whether he had ever been to the U.S.3.R. before,
whether he had applied in London for a visa, what he wae
doing in Helainkt oto. The possibility of ABLADLE taking
English lessons from {WYNNE-ELLIS was mentiogned and AELADLE
gaid he would get in’touch wit YANECELLTS gout this. He
asked for a short biogephy of W E-ELLIS)~

o. “He drought the visa application forms and his
biography to AELADLE two days later and | ithough AELADLE was

_ apparently very busy he asked WYNNE-ELLIS) for slarification

- of various details.. AELADLE did not) take English lesaons
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ad, gat the end of September, or beginning of
Octobes 1961, (WYNNE-ELLIS )received a letter from AELADLE

ys _péking for the address of’ his pen friend in Russia, Stanislav
rw - . AVALKIN, who: had, been concerned in (WYNNE-ELLI 14 recruitment

by the R.I.S@ (WYWNE-ELLIS) telephoned AELADLE to say that
he did not have the new address. AELADLE told him that if
he wanted it, he could have a visa ‘tomorrow! to visit
“Stalinegred .fnow Volgograd) and.in.the ceurse of sonvexsaticn
-gaid ‘sometines it is better to visit places but nol old
friends!, We wondered at the time, and ever more after
AELADLE's defeotion, whether this remark had any special
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e. “on 16th November AELADLE invited (WYNNE-ELLIS)
to attend a Soviet ooncert, AELADLE told him that he had
been granted a tourist visa but that if he wished to visit
his pen friend he would require a letter of invitation from
him. ARLADLE asked about Hs British frionds in Helsinki and
said that he would phone @YNNE-ELLIS) next week to make a
further appointment. He 1d pot do this, ~

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f. “A further develepment which may be of interest
ie that in early January 1992 (WYNNE-ELLIS) received a further
letter from his Russian pen friend giving nim a fairly
preasing invitation to visit him.oG (MINKE ELLIS) who was not |
aware of AELADLE'e defecticn, wrote to AELADLE telling him
that he had now receivea the invitation, and inviting hin

to coffee at hie house}

‘ 2. "We thought that the arrival of this letter (it 6
wae dated 25.12.61) so shortly after AELADLE's defection,
and after a long gap in the correspondence between WYNNE-ELLIS)
and hig pen friend, might indicate that the R.I.S. suspected ~
that NE+ELLI d had a hand in AELADLE's defection.

of, (WYNKE-ELLIS) was never aware that AELADLE was'an R.I.S. officer,

6 you know from an earlier conversation about
this >. oh WYNNE-ELLIS)is 4 most unsatisfactory character
to deel with, and we believe that the R.I.S. have found him
equally unsatisfactory! We have no reason to suppose that

ae (he has double-crossed us since he was. turned) but we would
not exclude this as a poagsibility - or at ledsat would not
exolude the possibility that he might hpve considered this.

4, “our questions on the( WYNNE-ELLIS) docunent supplied
by AELADLE are as follows;

a. “What ie the manusoript word at the top of the
first page, and what is its significance? -

b. "The two typed words, one immediately below
the manusoript word on page 1 and the other to the left, are
not legibie on our copy,

eo. “Is there anv significance in the date llth
' November being in inverted commas, thus "11"¢%

ad. “We are puzzled by what at firat sight appeared
to be a date, 22.XYI.1961, in the heading immediate)yv above
the text on page 1. In fact the Roman numerals 'Xiz? are
the cyrillic letter X77, but we do not understand their
meaning. Can .AELADLE explain this?

e. “What is the name in which the document is
signed, and does AELADLE know the true identity of this person?

f.o"we are a little surprised at the cyrillioc trang-
literation of WYNNE-ELLIS"s name. We should have expected the
KGB to have a eystem which would enable them to get back to
the correct English spelling, Admittedly (MNNE-ELLIS}s name
is an awkward one to deal with. oG

g. “We should have expected that AELADLE would havo
- pent a trace request to his Headquarters shortiy after the
first meeting with (IYNNE-~ELLIS, in July 1951. Yet the reply

was apparently sent~only on lith November, Can AELADLE
comment on this? ©

5. "We do not wish to suggest by these oomments that
WS BUBp)est that this document might be a forgery, but we
would be grateful for your oonflrmation that you do not
consider this a possibility.

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6. “You will no doubt in due couree be queetioningg&
AELADLE in detail on his knowledge of the WYKNE-ELLIS)caze.
We do not at this etage wieh to suggest détailed questions
except te renarx that we do not know the real namee of any
of the R,I.S. officera who dealt with his - including the

wan whom, it is stated in the AELADLE docusent, be (it in

the U.K. There le some mystery about thie because (WYsNE~0
ELLIS \deniee having met any R.1.5. officer in the Ke»

he did however have contact with various Russians here
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